What Would Zak Do

This has been my newest motto. Since I can remember, I’ve lived a “safe” life. Safe, meaning, not taking much risk, sticking to what I know and being comfortable in fear of what might happen, what might go wrong, what is the next issue I will face because I tried something and failed. I always knew I was safe and I’ve been looking for ways to overcome my fears. I watched video after video of people overcoming their fears and how they felt after and I wanted so bad to feel what they felt.

With some help from family, I broke through the barrier in December 2021 when I went to Walt Disney World. I was terrified of Roller Coasters. Before that it was heights, falling and motion sickness. Add those all up and you get a Roller Coaster…now you understand why.

The first coaster the family and I went on was Seven Dwarfs Mine Train, something that 5 year old’s were in line for with no fear. I had sweaty palms just getting in the line behind the rope. Before I knew it, I was listening to “HI HOOO” and were creeping up the hill, this drop would determine my fate, could I make it through and do what I never fathomed? Well, I didn’t have a choice, but I sure as hell did! After that came Thunder Mountain and Space Mountain (which was another level) but after I had my boots back on the ground, I felt invincible – I could do anything. That was the feeling I was searching for.

After that, I was much less hesitant, I’d jump into tough conversations and life changes without over analyzing and fearing the worst and it felt like I was truly living my life.

Recently, a great friend and I caught up and talked about our lives and what’s exciting, what’s stressful, and our aspirations, and her blog came up. I had always had the idea of writing, but I hadn’t the slightest clue how to start, and with the world of artificial intelligence and TikTok, I wondered if writing was going to be a lost art, so I thought why waste my time? But she told me that writing is still out there, she told me what the possibilities were, and she told me don’t think about it so much – just do it.

Turns out I have more fear than I thought, fear of starting something new, fear of failing, fear of being homeless, fear of losing someone close, and countless others, is that normal? I’m sure and maybe not all at once but it doesn’t matter. What does matter is that you just hit it head on and you learn, and when you are uncomfortable, that’s how you grow

That’s what my blog journey will be for me, I’ll share my experiences and what they meant to me and somewhere out there maybe it helps someone move through life a bit easier or overcome their fear and they can think “What would Zak Do?”